Rail Turkey En – Page 5 – Turkish railway journal and review

First contract for rail wheels

By Onur Uysal on 23 Sep 20 • ( Leave a comment )

811 km railway electrified

By Onur Uysal on 30 Jun 20 • ( Leave a comment )

New alternatives in intermodal transport

By Onur Uysal on 9 Jun 20 • ( Leave a comment )

Container trains head towards Asian side

By Onur Uysal on 27 May 20 • ( 2 Comments )

Train tickets on sale

By Onur Uysal on 25 May 20 • ( 7 Comments )

The Elaziğ – Tatvan railway

By Jeff Hawken on 20 May 20 • ( 2 Comments )

965 - China Europe train

Can Turkey connect China to Europe?

By Onur Uysal on 17 Apr 19 • ( 1 Comment )

Both Baku-Tbilisi-Kars and Marmaray projects which are told to be key for China-Europe transport have been commissioned.

964 - Marmaray tüneli

Is Marmaray ready for freight?

By Kerem on 15 Apr 19 • ( Leave a comment )

After suburban trains and HSTs, next step for Marmaray project is the freight train traffic via tunnel.

Tulomsas unveiled another locomotive

By Onur Uysal on 11 Apr 19 • ( Leave a comment )

Tulomsas unveiled the shunting diesel electric locomotive, DE 10000.

962 - CRRC loco for Macedonian Railways - EA Rail

First Chinese loco on way to North Macedonia

By Onur Uysal on 8 Apr 19 • ( Leave a comment )

The third country in Europe to use Chinese loco, Republic of North Macedinia’s first locomotive has departed from Turkey.

Fuar İzmir - İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi

Eurasia Rail to open doors on 10th of April

By Onur Uysal on 2 Apr 19 • ( Leave a comment )

Eurasia Rail will open its doors on 10th of April in Izmir.

960 - YHT - Onur

How about overnight HSTs?

By seckinciris on 27 Mar 19 • ( Leave a comment )

Currently, high speed trains operate mornings, noon and evenings. So, what would be if there are any night trains?

959 - Baku train at Akhalkalaki - Eksper

Baku train changed gauge at Akhalkalaki successfully

By Onur Uysal on 26 Mar 19 • ( Leave a comment )

Baku train that will start service in 3rd quarter of 2019 has crossed Turkish/Georgian border on Sunday.

957 - Hizli tren Bostanci - Onur

How to get to high speed train stations in Istanbul?

By Onur Uysal on 25 Mar 19 • ( 20 Comments )

It becomes very easy to reach to high speed train in Istanbul.

956 - Marmaray Suadiye - Onur Gollu

Marmaray grew fast

By Onur Uysal on 22 Mar 19 • ( Leave a comment )

In the first week of Marmaray, 2 millions of passengers prefered Halkali-Gebze trains instead of dolmus and buses.

955 - Marmaray ilk tren - Onur

First train from Europe to Asia

By Onur Uysal on 22 Mar 19 • ( Leave a comment )

The first international train coming from Europe towards Asia through Marmaray tunnel has crossed Bosphorus.

Readers’ comments

Passenger rail travel needs to be marketed and encouraged locally and abroad as a
pleasurable experience and a relaxed and leisurely way of travel. Dining car offerings need
to be upgraded. It is really a wonderful way to explore and enjoy the country. Bring back Haydarapasa!! What a fantastic way to leave and enter that wonderful city.

Why are there so few passengers on the Sofia/Bucarest-Halkali Istanbul route ? Well, I took the Bucarest Halkali sleeper last month, but only very few people know it exists. The DB or SBB online timetable show all the relations with train changes (3 train changes for the Bucarest Halkali train) but they don’t mention anything about direct carriages (…) – If they would update their website info, or if TCDD would tell them to do, then they would stand a chance to attract more travellers (apart from the rail enthusiasts, the Interrail travellers …)

How is it that tickets are immediately sold out as soon as they are released for sale? Do travel agencies buy all the places? What is TCDD doing to make it possible for ordinary passengers to reserve sleeping-car places?